Lotte 4, at SoftBank 10

FUKUOKA, Japan (Interstat) — Taisei Makihara hit a three-run home run and Yuki Yanagita drove in two runs as the SoftBank Hawks defeated the Lotte Marines 10-4 on Wednesday night at Fukuoka Yahuoku! Dome. The Hawks took an early lead on Tomoya Masaki’s solo homer in the first. After Lotte scored twice in the third and twice in the fifth, SoftBank answered with three in the third, two in the fourth, one in the fifth and three in the sixth. Makihara’s sixth-inning homer capped the scoring. Tsuyoshi Yamasaki homered and drove in two for Lotte, which had six hits. SoftBank… Read more...